High River is a town within the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta , Canada. It is approximately 68 kilometres (42 mi) south of Calgary , at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23 . High River had a population of 14,324 in 2021.
23-651: The community takes its name from the Highwood River , which flows through the town. The area was originally inhabited largely by the Blackfoot First Nation , who called the site Ispitzee (or the "place of high trees along running water"). By 1870, after the arrival of the North-West Mounted Police and after Treaty Number 7 had been signed in 1877, settlers began arriving into the region. High River's development centered on
46-434: A navigational context, if one were floating on a raft or other vessel in the main stream, this would be the side the tributary enters from as one floats past; alternately, if one were floating down the tributary, the main stream meets it on the opposite bank of the tributary. This information may be used to avoid turbulent water by moving towards the opposite bank before approaching the confluence. An early tributary
69-523: A convenient location for people, horses and cattle to cross the Highwood River - a location known as "The Crossing". Development of the town was supported by the completion of the Calgary and Edmonton Railway in 1892. High River incorporated as a village on December 5, 1901, and was incorporated as a town on February 12, 1906. Future Senator and area rancher Daniel Edward Riley would serve as
92-447: A larger stream ( main stem or "parent" ), river, or a lake . A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean . Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater , leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in
115-414: A left tributary which is called Right Fork Steer Creek. These naming conventions are reflective of the circumstances of a particular river's identification and charting: people living along the banks of a river, with a name known to them, may then float down the river in exploration, and each tributary joining it as they pass by appears as a new river, to be given its own name, perhaps one already known to
138-697: A number of murals illustrating High River's history were painted around town. The first of which were painted in the 1990s, and the most recent one being completed in 2016. The Museum of the Highwood (c. 1911–12), which sustained smoke, water and fire damage following a fire in the building's attic in July 2010, is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. High River is part of the Foothills School Division No. 38, as well as
161-410: A third stream entering between two others is designated the middle fork; or the streams are distinguished by the relative height of one to the other, as one stream descending over a cataract into another becomes the upper fork, and the one it descends into, the lower ; or by relative volume: the smaller stream designated the little fork, the larger either retaining its name unmodified, or receives
184-495: Is 14,052, a 19.3% change from its 2010 municipal census population of 11,783. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of High River recorded a population of 13,584 living in 5,367 of its 5,655 total private dwellings, a 5.1% change from its 2011 population of 12,930. With a land area of 21.39 km (8.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 635.1/km (1,644.8/sq mi) in 2016. In
207-514: Is a tributary that joins the main stem river closer to its source than its mouth, that is, before the river's midpoint ; a late tributary joins the main stem further downstream, closer to its mouth than to its source, that is, after the midpoint. In the United States, where tributaries sometimes have the same name as the river into which they feed, they are called forks . These are typically designated by compass direction. For example,
230-537: Is known for flyfishing . A variety of trout species live in the river, including native bull trout . In springtime when the snow is melting the river offers white water rafting. The Highwood River is subject to frequent flooding. Flood events of exceptional magnitude occurred in 1894, 1899, 1902, 1908, 1912, 1923, 1929, 1932, 1942, 1995, 2005 and 2013. Most recently during the 2013 Alberta floods , thousands of people in Alberta were ordered to evacuate their homes after
253-435: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Town of High River had a population of 14,324 living in 5,787 of its 5,950 total private dwellings, a change of 5.4% from its 2016 population of 13,594. With a land area of 22.19 km (8.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 645.5/km (1,671.9/sq mi) in 2021. The population of the Town of High River according to its 2019 municipal census
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#1732771853722276-410: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of High River recorded a population of 14,324 living in 5,790 of its 5,790 total private dwellings, a 5.4% change from its 2016 population of 14,324. With a land area of 22.19 km (8.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 645.5/km (1,671.9/sq mi) in 2021. As part of High River's tourism and heritage endeavours,
299-648: The American River in California receives flow from its North, Middle, and South forks. The Chicago River 's North Branch has the East, West, and Middle Fork; the South Branch has its South Fork, and used to have a West Fork as well (now filled in). Forks are sometimes designated as right or left. Here, the handedness is from the point of view of an observer facing upstream. For instance, Steer Creek has
322-605: The Highwood Pass below Mount Arethusa . It flows south and is paralleled by the Kananaskis Trail between Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park , Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park , and Emerson Creek Park . It turns east and flows along Highway 541 and through the community of Longview . Continuing east, it passes through High River , ending when it enters the Bow River southeast of Calgary . The river
345-683: The Christ The Redeemer Catholic Schools Division. Foothills School Division: Christ The Redeemer Catholic Schools: High River has been used as a filming location for the following films and television series: Highwood River The Highwood River is a tributary of the Bow River in southwestern Alberta , Canada . The Highwood originates in the Canadian Rockies in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park , in
368-541: The Second World War. High River continued to grow throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s the downtown saw some major redevelopment, and redevelopment is continuing. The Highwood River is subject to frequent flooding. Flood events of exceptional magnitude occurred in 1894, 1899, 1902, 1908, 1912, 1923, 1929, 1932, 1942, 1995, 2005 and 2013. Most recently during the 2013 Alberta floods , thousands of people in Alberta were ordered to evacuate their homes after
391-502: The Town of High River's first mayor. Although growth slowed during the First World War, it continued after the war with the building of brick structures and a number of industries. One of Canada's first air force stations was constructed to the east of the town in 1921 The establishment of a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan elementary flying training school at the same air station helped boost High River's economy during
414-416: The designation big . Tributaries are sometimes listed starting with those nearest to the source of the river and ending with those nearest to the mouth of the river . The Strahler stream order examines the arrangement of tributaries in a hierarchy of first, second, third and higher orders, with the first-order tributary being typically the least in size. For example, a second-order tributary would be
437-403: The main stream. Distributaries are most often found in river deltas . Right tributary , or right-bank tributary , and left tributary , or left-bank tributary , describe the orientation of the tributary relative to the flow of the main stem river. These terms are defined from the perspective of looking downstream, that is, facing the direction the water current of the main stem is going. In
460-464: The people who live upon its banks. Conversely, explorers approaching a new land from the sea encounter its rivers at their mouths, where they name them on their charts, then, following a river upstream, encounter each tributary as a forking of the stream to the right and to the left, which then appear on their charts as such; or the streams are seen to diverge by the cardinal direction (north, south, east, or west) in which they proceed upstream, sometimes
483-408: The rise of the Highwood River, Bow River , Elbow River , Sheep River, and numerous others. In 2013, three people died as a result of the flooding of the Highwood River. High River experiences a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ). Summer days are mild to warm with cool nights, while winters are cold and snowy with annual snowfall averaging 69 inches (175 cm). In
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#1732771853722506-403: The rise of the Highwood River, Bow River, Elbow River and numerous others. Three people died as a result of the flooding of the Highwood River. From origin to mouth, the Highwood River receives the following tributaries or passes through these geographic features: Download coordinates as: Tributary A tributary , or an affluent , is a stream or river that flows into
529-433: The world with a length of 4,248 km (2,640 mi). The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of 31,200 m /s (1.1 million cu ft/s). A confluence , where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary , a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from
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